Dante Alighieri
(Italian Poet)
- Date of Birth:
- 14 May 1265
- Date of Death:
- 13 September 1321
- Nationality:
- Italian
- Quote count:
- 60
- Times favorited:
- 49
Dante Alighieri, or simply Dante , was an Italian poet from Florence. His central work, the Divina Commedia , is considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature. In Italian he is known as "the Supreme Poet" . Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio are also known as "the three fountains" or "the three crowns". Dante is also called the "Father of the Italian language". The first biography written on him was by Giovanni Boccaccio , who wrote the Trattatello in laude di Dante.
All quotes by Dante Alighieri 
(60 quotes found)
“The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.”
